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Total Nerd Hollywood Has Been Desperately Trying To Make Sequels To Your Favorite '80s Movies For Decades

List Rules Vote up the '80s sequels that would be totally excellent, not bogus!

There are so many incredible '80s movies that deserve sequels, and many of them have indeed been the subjects of potential continuation for decades. Some have mercifully gotten those additional films, but there are still more sequels we want to see made that are in varying states of limbo. While there are certainly instances in which such sequels were disastrous, people lament sequels to '80s movies that were never made. That said, there is hope.

In this era of reboots and remakes, classic movies from the '80s have their best chance yet at making a comeback - it's already happened quite successfully for some. While there are certainly cases ahead describing the final nail in the coffin for potential sequels, more still are very real possibilities, and some are even officially in the works already.

Here are popular movies form the '80s that people have been trying to bring back ever since.

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Beetlejuice 2 Has A New Writer

Deadline Hollywood reports that, as of October 2017, Beetlejuice 2 is still in the works at Warner Bros., but will be rewritten by Mike Vukadinovich, an extremely popular up-and-coming screenwriter. Tim Burton and Michael Keaton are both in talks to return, with no deal made as of yet. Beetlejuice is a 1988 cult classic, hence the undying drive to put a sequel together for 30 years. Though nothing's set in stone, this one feels like it's a sure thing, as Keaton and Burton are said to be excited about it.

Gremlins 3 Has Been Written And Is Reportedly In Production

Chris Columbus wrote the two strange but wildly popular Gremlins movies 30 years ago, and now he's written a sequel. In an interview with Slash Film, Columbus said of his sequel, "It is as twisted and dark as anything."

The first two were actually quite dark in their own right. Despite ostensibly being children's movies, the first was more mature than anticipated, garnering a PG-13 rating for the sequel. Slash Film reports the movie is in production at Warner Bros. and Columbus assures fans that they'll still use puppets in this CGI era to bring the little monsters back to the big screen.

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Spaceballs Could Get A Sequel Thanks To The New Star Wars Films

In May 2017, while hosting a screening for Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks was asked by the crowd if a Spaceballs sequel would ever happen. Surprisingly, Brooks revealed that he was in talks with MGM to potentially bring back the Star Wars parody, largely due to the triumphant return of the latter starting with The Force Awakens. There is no further reporting to support whether or not this will happen, and Brooks did describe MGM as "slightly interested," so it's still far from a sure thing.

A Top Gun Sequel Has A 2019 Release Date

Top Gun: Maverick is set to hit theaters July 19, 2019, reports Rolling Stone. As the title suggests, the movie will return Tom Cruise in his starring role as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, now a wizened flight instructor. The movie may have been made sooner, but when the director of the 1986 classic, Tony Scott, died in 2012, progress toward a sequel was stunted.

Things are back on track, with the new film being directed by Joseph Kosinski, director of another Cruise movie, Oblivion. This next generation Top Gun film will maintain the air of competition between young dog fighters, but will also address their place in the world of today's technology of drones and other unmanned aircrafts.

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